Britain ‘could impose MARTIAL LAW to avoid chaos on the streets after no-deal Brexit’ – as MPs face having their holidays CANCELLED to prepare for UK’s departure

Whitehall officials have been ‘war-gaming’ imposing martial law to avoid chaos on the streets after a no-deal Brexit, it emerged today. 

The extreme measures are being considered as part of a major response if the UK crashes out of the EU at the end of March.

Mandarins have been discussing whether to use wide-ranging powers in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 – which include curfews, travel bans and deploying the army. 

Meanwhile, MPs face sitting longer and having their holidays cancelled as efforts are ramped up to get crucial legislation through Parliament in time for the schedule March 29 departure date.

The developments come as Theresa May desperately scrambles to find a way through Parliamentary deadlock on Brexit.

The PM is trying to fend off a bid by cross-party Remainers in a key vote on Tuesday night to force her to delay the Article 50 process. The plan, pushed by Labour’s Yvette Cooper, would pave the way for law ordering a nine-month extension to be considered on February 5. 

Amendments are also tabled intended to rule out a no-deal Brexit, and stage a series of ‘indicative’ votes to work out what approach would gain a majority in the Commons. 

The government appears to be pinning its hope on changes tabled by senior Tories that would demand a rewriting of the controversial Irish border backstop – something she could take to Brussels as concrete evidence of the will of MPs.

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